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The
Texas Rangers and the Chicago White Sox will both be gunning for a
victory on Saturday when they meet at U.S. Cellular Field.
Righthander
Alexi Ogando will take the mound for the Rangers to start this game.
Ogando is 12-5 this season with a 3.33 ERA.
Ogando's
opponent in this one will be John Danks. The White Sox lefthander has
a 3.95 ERA to go along with a 5-9 record this season.
Oddsmakers
currently have the Rangers listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus
the White Sox, while the game's total is sitting at 8.
Last
time out for Texas, they were a 7-4 winner as they battled the White
Sox on the road. Moneyline bettors who got the Rangers at -114 were
rewarded, while the 11 combined runs moved the game OVER for totals
bettors.
Current
streak:
Chicago has lost 3 straight games.
Team
records:
Texas: 73-53 SU
Chicago: 61-63 SU
Texas
most recently:
When playing on Saturday are 5-5
Before playing
Chi White Sox are 6-4
After playing Chi White Sox are 4-6
After
a win are 7-3
Chicago most recently:
When playing on
Saturday are 3-7
Before playing Texas are 4-6
After playing
Texas are 7-3
After a loss are 3-7
A
few trends to consider:
Texas is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games on the
road
Texas is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
The total has
gone UNDER in 8 of Texas's last 10 games when playing Chi White
Sox
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Texas's last 8 games
The
total has gone UNDER in 8 of Chi White Sox's last 10 games when
playing Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi White Sox's
last 9 games when playing at home against Texas
Chi White Sox are
2-4 SU in their last 6 games when playing Texas
Chi White Sox are
2-5 SU in their last 7 games when playing at home against Texas
Next
up:
Chi White Sox home to Texas, Sunday, August 21
